Obama Misrepresents Republican 2009 Filibuster Record

[Chris]

Today President Obama told Senate Democrats that they had faced "enormous procedural obstacles that are unprecedented.."

"You had to cast more votes to break filibusters last year than in the entire 1950s and 1960s combined.  That's 20 years of obstruction jammed into just one."

This is astonishing.  A filibuster is the successful use of 41 or more votes to prevent the closing of debate.  There wasn't a single filibuster in 2009.  Not one.

The president will say anything to advance a narrative that makes him a victim of obstruction.  It is clear that 2010 will be spent pivoting from his 2009 mantra of Bush's fault to his campaign year blasts at the "do nothing Republicans."

I don't normally like to copy entire posts from other people's blogs, but this entry from Hugh Hewitt is too good to pass up.

http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/397c959e-bc81-4098-a516-a1133db93dd0

[thundley4]

The GOP did not have enough votes to filibuster anything in 2009.  Only a DimRats could have caused a filibuster. 

[DumbAss Tanker]

Like any of us wouldn't already have to go to a window to look and make sure, if he said the sun was shining...

[JohnnyReb]

Like any of us wouldn't already have to go to a window to look and make sure, if he said the sun was shining...

That's the Obama solar powered street light you see.

[5412]

I don't normally like to copy entire posts from other people's blogs, but this entry from Hugh Hewitt is too good to pass up.

http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/397c959e-bc81-4098-a516-a1133db93dd0

Hi Chris,

You are waaaay to kind.  Obama friggin lied once again.....misrepresent???  Time to call it what it is without wiggle room.

Thanks for the post.

5412

[Chris]

I 'borrowed' the headline from Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit.  I thought it was a little closer than the original from Hewitt's blog.